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After just finding your site and the forums, here I am with a problem. I just caught and took in a stray yesterday. New Kitty has obviously been around people, but not for a while. He seems like a yearling, maybe a year and a half old, and has been coming around for food since last autumn. He looks like he may have been in a fight recently; has scrapes and small cuts, nothing severe.
Last evening, I picked him up and got him into the house. He's separated from my brood (I have 8 barn cats, ferals and strays), they can see/smell each other through a french door. Problem is, Kitty is showing aggression towards me. He wanted to get to the other cats; when I wouldn't open the door, he went after my hand. He bites, scratches. I've worked with ferals and understand that things take time, but I took in a stray Momma/kitten once and Momma turned out to be rabid! So that nightmare has me spooked about Kitty.
First of all, I know that he needs time. He's been here less than 24 hours, but I'm a little freaked at the aggression. He didn't show any until he got inside. I've used Rescue Remedy drops with my most recent rescue, a feral whom I trapped. He would play aggressively when he was first integrated with the rest and responded wonderfully to the drops. This morning I gave new Kitty drops in his food. I haven't been in there since, I want him to just relax. The other big thing is that he's hormonal... you can smell his urine a mile away. I'm thinking that could have something to do with the aggression.
I'll call my vet today and find out the number of days we need to quarantine him before his first vet visit. I'd like to be dealing with the aggression by then. I understand that it could take a long time. I'm willing to do whatever I need to do to allow this sweet innocent Kitty to have a good life as an indoor housecat, like the rest of my brood.
Thanks! And I think I found my new home on the net.
-Nancy
Last evening, I picked him up and got him into the house. He's separated from my brood (I have 8 barn cats, ferals and strays), they can see/smell each other through a french door. Problem is, Kitty is showing aggression towards me. He wanted to get to the other cats; when I wouldn't open the door, he went after my hand. He bites, scratches. I've worked with ferals and understand that things take time, but I took in a stray Momma/kitten once and Momma turned out to be rabid! So that nightmare has me spooked about Kitty.
First of all, I know that he needs time. He's been here less than 24 hours, but I'm a little freaked at the aggression. He didn't show any until he got inside. I've used Rescue Remedy drops with my most recent rescue, a feral whom I trapped. He would play aggressively when he was first integrated with the rest and responded wonderfully to the drops. This morning I gave new Kitty drops in his food. I haven't been in there since, I want him to just relax. The other big thing is that he's hormonal... you can smell his urine a mile away. I'm thinking that could have something to do with the aggression.
I'll call my vet today and find out the number of days we need to quarantine him before his first vet visit. I'd like to be dealing with the aggression by then. I understand that it could take a long time. I'm willing to do whatever I need to do to allow this sweet innocent Kitty to have a good life as an indoor housecat, like the rest of my brood.
Thanks! And I think I found my new home on the net.
-Nancy